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Transcendental Meditation and the Beatles (Guest Post)

This is a guest post about the Beatles. It shows video clips of the Beatles talking about their time in India when they learned Transcendental Meditation. There are also video clips with Ravi Shankar teaching George Harrison how to play the sitar, George Harrison singing, etc.

In February 1968, the Beatles traveled to Rishikesh, in northern India, to attend an advanced Transcendental Meditation (TM) training session at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Amid widespread media attention, their visit was one of the band’s most productive periods. Led by George Harrison’s commitment, the Beatles’ interest in the Maharishi changed Western attitudes […]